West Africa planning and review meeting

23-25 October 2012
Modern City Hotel, Tamale, Ghana
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Agenda

	Day 0 - Monday, 22 October, 2012
	Arrival of participants and registration

	Day 1 - Tuesday, 23 October 2012

	Session 1: Opening address and introduction
08:00-08:30	Registration
08:30-09:00	Welcome and opening address: Director, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI): S. K. Nutsugah IITA, Africa RISING Coordinator – East, Southern and West Africa: I. Hoeschle-Zeledon
09:00-09:30	Workshop objectives, processes & participant’s introduction (E. Le Borgne)
09:30-09:50	Overview of year one activities (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon) - Presentation
09:50-10:20	Group photograph and break

	Session 2: Status and expected outputs of quick-win activities in cereal (maize, rice, and sorghum)-legume (soybean, cowpea and groundnut) -based systems
	Presentations for each system will focus on status of quick-win activities for Outcome 1: Sustainable increase of farm productivity in cereal-based systems; Outcome 2. Improved on-farm and off-farm natural resource management; Outcome 3. Reduced vulnerability of target population, and Outcome 4. Increased nutritional and economic levels of the target population (especially women and children)
10:30-12:00	Presentation of activities from year 1 Maize-based systems (IITA/SARI/AVRDC/UDS/ILRI/ARI/MOFA/SeedPAG/WIUC/IWIMI/KNUST): A. Larbi - Presentation Sorghum-based systems (ICRISAT/ILRI): E.Weltzien et al. - Presentation Rice-based systems (Africa Rice/SARI): O. Ajayi - Presentation Vegetable-based systems (AVRDC/ICRISAT/SARI/UDS): A. Tenkouano - Presentation
12:00-12:30	Quick-win activities implementation – challenges, lessons and opportunities National Research &Extension Partners – Ghana (MOFA, SARI, ARI, UDS) - Presentation National Research and Extension Partners – Mali ICRISAT: E.Weltzien et al. Africa Rice: O. Ajayi AVRDC: A. Tenkouano IWMI: F. Kizito ILRI: A. Fall
12.30-13.00	Possible partnerships: Innovation for Poverty Action (IPA): Activities and partnership opportunities - Presentation Africa Soil Information Service (AFSIS): Activities and partnership opportunities - Presentation
13:00-14:20	Lunch break

	Session 3: Planning for years 2-5
14:20-15:40	The building blocks of the program (20 min each) Communications (E. Le Borgne) - Presentation Research framework (J. Rusike) - Presentation M&E framework (N. Sakana) - Presentation Action research sites (E. Weltzien & A. Larbi): Presentation Mali Presentation Ghana
15:40-16:10	Coffee / tea break
16:10-17:30	Marketplace discussion
17:30	Closing (End of Day 1)

	Day 2 - Wednesday, 24 October 2012

	Session 4: Developing a demand driven research agenda for year 2-5
08:30-09:15	Key challenges in smallholder cereal-legume/livestock systems (15 min each): Mali (A. Ayatunde & E. Weltzien) - Presentation Ghana (S. J. Buah & N. Karbo) - Presentation Collective prioritization of the challenges per country
09:15_09:45	Research boundaries and principles: focus on interactions (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon) - Presentation What does it mean to work on integrated research (A. Larbi) - Presentation
09:45-10:00	Guidance on group work (E. Le Borgne)
10:00-10:30	Coffee / tea break

	Session 5: Group work planning research agenda for years 2-5
10:30-12:30	Research output 1: Situation Analysis Group 1 - Presentation of group work results - Final presentation of Research Output group 1
	Research output 2: Improvement of Integrated Systems Group 2: Ghana / Northern region - Results of first session - results of second session Group 3: Ghana / Upper East region - Results of first UER session Group 4: Ghana / Upper West region - Results of first UWR session - results of second UWR session Group 5: Mali group - Results of first session - Presentation about the entry points and integration levels
	Research output 3: Scaling-out Group 5
12:30-14:30	Lunch break
14:30-16:00	Group work (continued with focus on year 2 work plan)
16:00-16:30	Coffee / tea break
16:30-17:30	Presentation of group work and review by panel: A. Larbi C. Tenkouano I. Hoeschle-Zeledon O. Ajayi E. Weltzien A. Ayantunde
17:30	Closing reflections for the day – End of day 2
17:45	Meeting of process steering group

	Day 3 - Thursday, 25 October 2012

	Session 6: Group/team work planning research agenda for years 2-5
	Smaller groups/teams to develop concept note for research themes and prioritize activities for 2013 and other years (sequencing).
08:30-08:45	Review of questions and suggestions regarding previous days’ group work
08:45-10:00	Smaller groups/teams work on research protocols and prioritize activities: Group 1: Ghana / Northern region - Final results Northern Group 2: Ghana / Upper East region - Final results UER Group 3: Ghana / Upper West region - Final results UWR Group 4: Mali group - Final results Mali
10:00-10:30	Coffee / tea break
10:30-12:30	Group work (continued with focus on year 2 work-plan)
12:30-14:00	Lunch break
14:00-15:30	Group work (continued) on research and cross-cutting themes
15:30-16:00	Coffee / tea break
16:00-17:30	Plenary reporting of working groups and discussion Next steps - Presentation by Asamoah Larbi
17:30	Closure (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, IITA; O. Ajayi, AfricaRice; E. Weltzien, ICRISAT)

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Note (1): AAfricaRice, Africa Rice Center; ARI, Animal Research Institute; AVRDC, World Vegetable Center; GHS, Ghana Health Services; IITA, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; ICRISAT, International Center for Research in the Semi-Arid Tropics; IWMI, International Water Management Institute; KNUST, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; KSU, Kansas State University; MOFA, Ministry of Food and Agriculture; SARI, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute; SeedPAG, Seed Producers Association of Ghana; UDS, University of Development Studies; ICRAF, World Agroforestry Center; WIAD, Women in Agricultural Development; and WIUC, Wisconsin International University College.

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West Africa planning and review meeting

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